Railroad-tie.



PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

M. M. BATTERTON. RAILROAD TIE. AIPLIOATION FILED JUNE 27. 1906.

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RAILROAD-TIE.

Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 26, 1907.

Application led June 27. 1906. Serial No. 323,659.

Be it known that I, MORE-is M. BATTER- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingfisher, in the county of Kingfisher, Territory of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-` rlies, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rlhis invention has reference to railwayrail ties of the class or kind that is composed entirely of metal.

rl'here are many dil'liculties and objections encounted in efforts to supplant wooden ties on railways with thosecomposed of metal. As the metallic tie is in many respects a relatively permanent'structure, those difficulties encountered that stand in the way of making it a thing of substantially complete durability or a thing needing no renewal or readjustment after having once been properly created, constructed, or installed are among those most anxiously sought to be obviated. Of the said difliculties those relating to keep-- ing the rails in place on the ties when once properly laid, keeping them from spreading or being moved or becoming loose in their seats or bearings under ordinary conditions, are of the most important.

My improvements have as their obj ect the complete obviation or removal of the specific difficulties or objections, and in carrying out these objects I provide a metallic tie composed of two major and twoiminor parts which may be said to consist, as to the hrst part, of a base or bearing tie and its rail-re taining means and the cap or compensating tie and its means for compensating for all wear or other tendencies to the loosening of parts and, as to the second part, of a rivet and bolt combined with certain necessary structural characteristics through the intervention of which the major elements are brought and kept in proper relationship to enable them to sustain their oflices.

Vith this statement as to the nature and objects of my improvements a brief descrip,- tion only is needed of a form of means in which the invention may be embodied to enable those skilled in the art to understand the invention and carry it into effect.

specification, and then point out the same with particularity and distinctness in the claims at the conclusion hereof.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tie. Itig 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig 3 is a cross-section.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designates the base or bearing part of the tie, which I prefer shall be provided with a broad ample base 11. The central portion may be reduced, as at 12 or'otherwisc, to avoid the cost of metal where it is not needed. The upper surface of one end portion is provided with an undercut locking-flange 13, that projects toward the end, and laterally through this end portion an inclined slot 14 isformed for the recep-v tion of a rivet, as will be presently explained. The inclination of the slot 14 is in a direction opposite to that of the flange 13. rI'he opposite end of the base member is provided on its upper surface with a seat or bearing for a rail, and outside of the same is a locking ange 15 similar to the undercut flange 13 and extending inclinedly in the same direction. Extending laterally through the lastmentioned end is an inclined slot 16, shorter than the slot 14, but inclined in the same die rection.

17 designates the compensating or locking member ofthe tie constructed as a cap to the bar or base member in the sense that it is made to fit over the latter member. The compensating member is cut away in its uper part over the bearings for the rails on the 1lgase member and to the side of the rail-bearing surface opposite to that having the inclined lockingdiange on the base member. The edges 18 and 19 of said cut-away parts are undercut to provide locking-flanges to engage the edges of the base-flange of the rail opposite to that of the locking-flanges of the base member. Of course the flanges 18 and 19 incline in an opposite direction to the inclination of the flanges 13 and 15 and engage the opposite sides of the rails, as stated. Opposite the slots formed in the end parts of the base member there are holes 20 and 21, formed through the member 17 for the reception, respectively, of bolts a and b, the former extending also through the long inclined slot 14 in the base member and the other through the shorter inclined slot in the other end.

It is now apparent that in use the rails are IOO IIO

placed on the rail-bearing surfaces on the `upper side-of the niembergllOtWithz-,the adigezof the rail-flange engaged by the lockingiianges 13 and 15, and the cap or compensating member 17 is put in place with its undercut flanges 18 and 19 engaging the flange of the rail opposite to the ianges 13 and 15, and the parts are secured in plaoebyv vthefrivet passed through the hole 21 and long inclined slot 14 vof the tW-o/Inembersand by the bolt passed through the hole 20:-and.;short inclined slot at theother endsof the members,

gripped :fand :held iniplace against'lateral movement, and. theyean bethusleft. Wear that may take place `orplay thatfmay be occasionedl from. anyk ca'usewill ybe .taken -up by the compensatingrmember moving longitudinally on theY 4basezmember -in .fa.1direction` that Willicause. its.' locking-Hangesto grip theedgeothe -i'lange of ther-rail tighter or more closelyfand thus hold it as securely as at rst.

The l)basememberi 1?() is of suchiweightzas to enable it tor-*keep its place invthe road-bed Without staying it A,by outside means. .The action of the compensating member in Ytaking up Wearis perpetual, and no readjustment of parts is likely to be necessitated after first -installation. The use .oi`-spil es to :hold the rail in vplace iswnotv required. Consequently no provision has'been made therefor.

The use of the inventionisunlimited as to place, since it can .be `employed substantially anyvliere that ties of .common formzcanzbe use What is claimed as the invention isi 1. Ar railroad-tia i comprising ,a base-{provided at its upper portion with rail-engaging iianges. turned in a common direction, a cap member engaged over the base and having rail-receiving openings therein, said cap member having locking-angesfor coperv ation-With the iianges of the base, said base having diagonal slots therein and bolts en- ;gaged in the-capwmember` in the Aslots Jfor 'movement offtheacap member to-bring its flanges 'intof cooperative relation-fwith .those of the '.base.

2. A'metallice'railwayerail tie-consisting of a- :base yor .bearing part provided on its ,upper Vsurface with .bearings ior the rails and having inclined vvloelting-fianges ,for engaging Yone ledgefof thefrailsiandflocking them against movement 'laterally `in one direction, .azcomf Vpensating part constructed as aa :cap to iit overi the basememberzandv notched, as eX- plaine'd,` and providedy With inclined locking- Vflanges extending in a direction-opposite to ,that :of2 the. lock-ingflanges" irst l mentioned andengaging thef rail-flanges on the yopposite fsides, the:l two members'being united at. the z ends, and .thevunion'being such that ,in use, as thewparts `-Wear or-,beconie loose,tthey Will implvef. to;y close their locking-anges f on the ra s.

In testimony YWhereoi1 I affix mysignature ,inpresence of tWofWitnesses.

MORRS -M. BATTERTON. Witnesses J. W.1PRnsToN, rPLJ. --N AGL-E. 

